Rabbi Shmuel Marcus dances during a public menorah lighting by the Chabad of Los Alamitos to celebrate Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, in Seal Beach. (Photo by William Liang, Contributing Photographer) People dance in a circle during a public menorah lighting by the Chabad of Los Alamitos to celebrate Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, in…
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By DEEPTI HAJELA NEW YORK (AP) — Sure, it’s a family story they can chuckle about NOW. But Lisa Highfill wasn’t laughing that December day almost 20 years ago. She had just parked the car in the garage when her then-8-year-old son let loose with something he had found out while at school. “My son…
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For Robert Shen, president of Remo, Inc., the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade is a favorite tradition on many different levels. For the 44th year, the Valencia-based company, known as the premier manufacturer of drum heads and drum accessories, will sponsor the annual two-day marching band extravaganza called Bandfest. “It’s the perfect fit,” Shen said…
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By GRETCHEN MCKAY, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh is a city of cookie lovers. As evidenced by the popular Facebook group The Wedding Cookie Table Community (which counts more than 325,000 members) and the dozens of entries to the Post-Gazette’s 2024 Holiday Cookie Challenge, Western Pennsylvanians also like to bake the sweet treats — especially…
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UCLA made two significant additions to its football coaching staff, hiring Andy Kwon as its offensive line coach and Gabe Lynn as its safeties coach, the program and head coach DeShaun Foster announced Thursday. Kwon, 30, will take over for Juan Castillo after overseeing the offensive line for the past three seasons at Arkansas State.…
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Ready for a new year and a reinvigorated housing market? Here are my 2025 predictions for the market. Freddie Mac mortgage rates are going to drop below 6% and stay in the mid-5s for most of the year. This year, we saw rates top out at 7.22% on May 22. Rates bottomed out at 6.08%…
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City of Hope has purchased 52 acres of land surrounding its developing Irvine cancer campus, the healthcare provider announced this week. The land, purchased for $88.5 million from FivePoint, a prominent land owner and developer in Irvine, connects to City of Hope Orange County’s administrative offices near Barranca and Alton parkways. That also is where,…
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The 30th Major League Soccer season will kick off the weekend of Feb. 22-23. The Galaxy will begin its defense of the MLS Cup at home Feb. 23 against league newcomer San Diego FC. LAFC will open the regular season Feb. 22 at home against Minnesota United. The league released the complete 2025 schedule Thursday.…
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FBI agents questioned a Carlsbad man Tuesday who had allegedly been in contact with a Wisconsin school shooter and is suspected of telling the girl that he planned to attack a government building with explosives and a gun, according to a court document filed by Carlsbad police. The information was provided in a gun violence emergency…
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When the Colorado Avalanche head into town, discussions almost always center on Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen and Cale Makar, but ahead of Friday’s clash, the Ducks can point to a big three of their own. While they’ve got a ways to go to be mentioned consistently in the same breath with the core of 2022’s…
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